
Ep 65: Marc Andreessen and the Case for AI Optimism
Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist
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The Evolution of Government in the Last Thousand Years
Ezra: I think the changing of warfare and defense is probably the dominant question for how government's changed over the last thousand years. He says AI empowers small groups so dramatically to be more productive as well as the asymmetric nature of like success in warfare that is actually empowers smaller city states yet again. Mark: Why would the best founders take investment from 8 VC or A16 Z? Because every founder is setting off on a 10 year journey where they are going to have challenges after challenge after challenge, he says.
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